Editing Scheldt (section)

{{Redirect|Schelde}}
{{Short description|River in France, Belgium and the Netherlands}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox river
| name              = Scheldt
| name_native       = {{native name list|tag1=fr|name1=Escaut|tag2=nl|name2=Schelde}}
| image             = Schelde_Antwerpen.jpg
| image_caption     = The Scheldt in [[Antwerp]]
| pushpin_map       = France#Belgium#Netherlands
| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 6
| source1_location  = France
| mouth_location    = [[North Sea]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51|25|51|N|3|31|44|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Countries
| subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|France|Belgium|Netherlands}}
| length            = {{convert|360|km|abbr=on}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|97|m|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg    = {{convert|104|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size        = {{convert|21,863|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| map               = Locatiemaas2.GIF
| map_alt           = 
| map_caption       = Course of the Scheldt
| extra             =
{{Designation list
| embed = yes
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Schorren van de Beneden Schelde
| designation1_date = 4 March 1986
| designation1_number = 327<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schorren van de Beneden Schelde|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/327|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>
| designation2 = Ramsar
| designation2_offname = Westerschelde & Saeftinghe
| designation2_date = 9 April 1995
| designation2_number = 748<ref>{{Cite web|title=Westerschelde & Saeftinghe|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/748|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>
| designation3 = Ramsar
| designation3_offname = Vallées de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut
| designation3_date = 2 February 2020
| designation3_number = 2405<ref name="RSIS">{{Cite web|title=Vallées de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2405|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>
}}
}}

The '''Scheldt''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ɛ|l|t|,_|s|k|ɛ|l|t}} {{respell|SHELT|,_|SKELT}}; {{langx|fr|Escaut}} {{IPA|fr|ɛsko|}}; {{langx|nl|Schelde}} {{IPA|nl|ˈsxɛldə||Nl-Schelde.ogg}}) is a {{convert|435|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}}<ref>{{Cite web
| title = VNSC Communicatie : vraagbaak voor alles op, rond en in de Schelde
| access-date = 2014-06-03
| url = http://www.vnsc.eu/
|language=nl}}</ref> river that flows through northern [[France]], western [[Belgium]], and the southwestern part of [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]], with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corresponding to [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|sċeald}} ("shallow"), [[Modern English]] ''shoal'', [[Low German]] {{lang|nds|schol}}, [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] {{lang|fy|skol}}, and obsolete [[Swedish language|Swedish]] {{lang|sv|skäll}} ("thin").{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}